CLEAR IS GIVEN. WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF THIS AND LET YOU KNOW HOW IT ENDS. THE MAN WHO BECAME FLORIDA'S FIRST MERS CASE IS RECOVERING AND DOING WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON I'M JIM PAYNE. I'M MARTHA SUGALSKI. ONE HEALTHCARE WORKER WHO CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT IN ORLANDO IS IN ISOLATION WHILE MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS ARE BEING TREATED. WESH 2'S GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN IS LIVE AT DR. PHILLIPS HOSPITAL WITH THE LATEST. GAIL? WE CAN TELL YOU THAT HOSPITAL WORKER WAS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND APPARENTLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MAN FROM SAUDI ARABIA. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE FIRST CASE OF MERS FOR FLORIDA WAS THIS MAN THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN SAUDI ARABIA AND ALSO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THAT HAD MERS CASES. THE PERSON HAS BEEN DOING VERY WELL. HE'S MAIN SYMPTOMS SINCE HE CAME HERE AGAIN CONTINUE TO BE FEVER. THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE FIRST CASE OF MERS OR MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN FLORIDA INVOLVING A 44-YEAR-OLD HEALTHCARE WORKER WHO TRAVELED FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO VISIT FAMILY IN ORLANDO BUT BECAME ILL ON THE TRIP. MAY EIGHTH HE WAS ADMITTED TO DR. PHILLIPS. TODAY WE LEARNED HE ALSO ACCOMPANIED A FRIEND TO ORMC. THE PATIENT VISITED A ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LAST WEEK ON MAY 5TH WITH A PERSON THAT HE KNOWS. IN ALL, FIVE TEAM MEMBERS WERE EXPOSED AT ORMC INCLUDING ONE DOCTOR. 15 AT DR. PHILLIPS INCLUDING TWO PHYSICIANS. TWO HEALTHCARE WORKERS FROM DR. PHILLIPS SHOWED FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND ONE WAS ADMITTED BUT DOCTORS SAY IS DOING WELL. THE ONE THAT WAS ADMITTED THE SYMPTOMS STARTED 24 HOURS AFTER A TEAM MEMBER WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. AS PRECAUTION, THE PATIENT WAS PLACED IN ISOLATION. TEST RESULTS ON THE HOSPITAL WORKER SHOULD BE BACK IN A DAY OR TWO. THEIR FAMILIES WERE ALSO TESTED. THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS WERE SENT HOME FOR 14 DAYS DURING THE INCUBATION PERIOD AND WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR REGULAR SHIFT. ONCE THEY'VE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED WE'LL ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO WORK. AS FOR ANYONE IN THE WAITING AREAS OF THE TWO HOSPITALS WHERE THE INITIAL PATIENT WAS. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO CONTACT THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THESE AREAS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY. NOW IN CARING FOR THE MERS PATIENT OR ANYONE IN ISOLATION DOCTORS AND STAFF HAVE TO WEAR MASKS, THESE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. THEY HAVE GOWNS AS WELL AS GLOVES. OF COURSE AFTER THEY LEAVE THE ROOM, ALL OF THAT IS KISS POSED -- DISPOSED OFF. SYMPTOMS OF MERS INCLUDE FEVER,